B-17 Bomber Flying Fortress – The Queen Of The Skies Latest entries in the database

Delivered Hunter 7/12/44; Dow Fd 21/12/44; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-E] Podington 4/3/45; Missing in Action Dresden 17/4/45 with John Paul, Pete Taylor (2 Prisoner of War); Nathan Shane, E.J. Pruit, Reinhold Hoffman, Joe Budzius, Tom Shanahan, Bradford Mathewson (6 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 44-8903; crashed near Dresden; Missing Air Crew Report 14053. NAUGHTY NANCY.

Delivered Lincoln 20/1/45; Dow Fd 14/2/45; Assigned 327BS/92BG [UX-G] Podington 20/3/45; Missing in Action Dresden 17/4/45 with Art Huether, Frank Jones (2 Prisoner of War); Jim Sussman, Maurice Brookhouse, Owen Olson, Bob Bon, Elwood Johnson, Joe O’Hara (6 Killed in Action); mid air coll with 43-39110 (92BG), crashed near Dresden, Ger; Salvaged 4/1/46. Missing Air Crew Report 14052.

Delivered Cheyenne 30/11/43; Wendover 8/12/43; Assigned 751BS/457BG [J] Glatton 29/1/44; battle damaged Nurnburg, on return crash landed Alconbury 19/2/45 with Richard Mack, Co-pilot: Don Schick, Navigator: John Nierengarden, Bombardier: Ralph Bell, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Rueblin, Radio Operator: Chas Held, Ball turret gunner: Ray Hunter, Waist gunner: Lloyd Kennedy, Waist gunner: Frank Eichenlaub,Tail gunner: Earl Whitmack (10 Killed in Action); Salvaged. GERALDINE aka PAKAWALUP.

Delivered MacDill 29/1/42; Assigned 28BS/19BG Hawaii 3/42; transferred 43BG Melbourne, Aus.; damaged Rabual 7/8/42 with J. Doherty, (gunner Killed in Action); Missing in Action in Japanese shipping raid off Lae, New Guinea 22/11/42, with John Frost (65BS/43BG), Co-pilot: Bob Guenther, Navigator: P/O Alan Fairfax (RAAF), Bombardier: Frank Colburn, Gerald Shaughnessy, Roger Feind, Carl Griffin, Arnold Osborn, Paul Paulson, David Thomas (10 Killed in Action) and crashed in sea. No trace or MACR. (6 chutes seen off Lae).

Delivered Cheyenne 9/2/44; Kearney 21/2/44; with Don Marquette crashed five miles NE Maxwell, Ia 6/3/44; W/O 8/3/44.F

Delivered Tulsa 27/4/44; Kearney 7/5/44; Dow Fd 21/5/44; Assigned 335BS/95BG [OE-H] Horham 23/5/44; 334BS [BG-S]; 26m, Missing in Action Rechlin 25/8/44 with Albt Powell, Co-pilot: Bill Connor, Navigator: Don Overdorff, Bombardier: Phil Whalen, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Eldred Steffens, Radio Operator: Peppe Delio, Waist gunner: Henry Schneider (7 Prisoner of War); Ball turret gunner: Orlin Covel,Tail gunner: Melvin Whilhelm[broke ankle], ph-Berton Briley (3 Killed in Action); flak hit #3 & 4 feathered, on way down losing a wing before disintegrating, crashed Schwabach-Schwankenheim, near Stettin, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8279.

Assigned RAF [FA694] but transferred 92BG Bangor 24/6/42; 341BS/97BG Polebrook 17/8/42; 301BG St Donat 4/43 {18m with 301)}; Salvaged 9/11/44.

Delivered Ogden 25/1/42; Hill 15/2/42; Cheyenne 11/4/42; Lowry 5/5/42; Hamilton 27/5/42; slated RAF but transferred 98BS/11BG Hawaii; transferred 31BS/5BG Guadalcanal; at least eight missions, three Japanese aircraft to its credit along with one warship sunk during the Battle of Midway; Missing in Action Kahilia, Bougainville, 10/6/43 with Richard Snoddy, plus crew ?, simply FTR. Missing Air Crew Report 799. MADAM X.

Delivered Cheyenne 2/12/42; New Castle 17/12/42; Assigned 352BS/301BG Biskra 14/1/43; Ain M’Lila 17/1/43; St Donat 6/3/43; Oudna 6/8/43; {72m} transferred 20BS/2BG Massicault 10/11/43; Bizerte 2/12/43; Amendola 9/12/43; 347BS/99BG Tortorella 28/3/44; {2m} 816BS/483BG Tortorella 31/3/44; Salvaged 30/3/45.

Delivered Hunter 20/7/44; Dow Fd 3/8/44; Assigned 49BS/2BG Amendola 11/8/44; Missing in Action Vipiteno 20/4/45 with Tommy Baer, Co-pilot: Carl Smith[wia], Waist gunner: Bob Blazer[wia] (3 Returned to Duty); Navigator: Don Gawronski, Bombardier: Ivan Schraeder, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Pat Shaughnessy, Radio Operator: Hugh Stevenson, Ball turret gunner: Orval Burman, Waist gunner: John Dunston,Tail gunner: Joe Hart (7 Killed in Action); flak KO’d two engines, wing blown off, exploded and crashed near Riva; Missing Air Crew Report 13815. TUFF TITTY.

Delivered Lincoln 2/10/44; Grenier 12/10/44; Assigned 49BS/2BG Amendola 30/10/44; Missing in Action Ruhland 22/3/45 with Arthur Forest; landed Russia and returned; Returned to the USA Bradley 14/7/45; Independence 17/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 21/12/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 19/6/44; Kearney 29/6/44; Dow Fd 14/7/44; Assigned 487BG Lavenham 16/7/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 13/7/45; 4185 BU Independence 17/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 22/12/45. BASHFUL BESSIE.

Delivered Ogden 20/1/42; Hill 15/2/42; Cheyenne 12/4/42; Lowry 2/5; Hamilton 23/5/42; Slated RAF but transferred 26BS/11BG Hawaii 23/5/42; participated in the Battle of Midway; Returned to the USA Brookley 8/12/43; Hendricks 28/8/44; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) 22/5/45.

Delivered Tulsa 28/5/44; Hunter 23/6/44; Dow Fd 3/7/44; Assigned 429BS/2BG Amendola 4/7/44; severely damaged over Graz, Austria 1/1/44 with Tom Rybovich, Co-pilot: Pat Farwell, Navigator: Don Maine, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Staup, Radio Operator: Don Parkins, Ball turret gunner: Harry Gross, Waist gunner: Bill May,Tail gunner: Rich Blackry (8 Returned to Duty); Bombardier: Harry Ayers (MIA, but later found to have bailed out OK and returned to base from Yugoslavia; Missing in Action Vienna 21/2/45 with Bob Trowbridge, Co-pilot: Bill Struby, Bombardier: Arthur Hauft, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Dozier Linder, Radio Operator: Ira Cox, Ball turret gunner: Don Moon, Waist gunner: Ed Fry, Waist gunner: Leigh Fuller,Tail gunner: Rich Schade (9 Prisoner of War); Navigator: Allen Swain (Killed in Action); flak ko’d an engine headed toward Russian lines, crashed near Papa, Hungary; Missing Air Crew Report 12461. DOLLAR 98.

Delivered Lincoln 13/11/44; Grenier 15/12/44; Assigned 407BS/92BG [PY-P] Podington 28/3/45; Green Project; Salvaged 9AF Germany 29/12/45. LUCKY ROZZIE.

Delivered Denver 4/2/44; 1SAG Langley 6/4/44; Morrison 24/5/44; Assigned (PFF) 49BS/2BG Amendola 31/5/44; transferred 96BS; Missing in Action Blechhammer 26/12/44 with George Redden, Co-pilot: Jim McHood{Wounded in Action}, Navigator: Chester Toton, Bombardier: Capt Bill Underhill, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Alfonso Liberto, Radio Operator: Chas Carey, m/op-Morton Weinman, Waist gunner: Tom Duchek, Waist gunner: George Merritt, fl/co-Lt Sol Azar (10 Returned to Duty); flak, force landed behind Russian lines, with seriously injured cp; rest of crew returned via Russia, Teheran and Cairo 11/1/45; Missing Air Crew Report 10732. FRANKIE.

Delivered Lowry 3/3/42; Assigned 93BS/19BG Hawaii 22/4/42; force landed Iron Range, Aus. 7/42; repaired later used as taxi for Lt Gen George Kenny 5AF CO; damaged in thunderstorm 4/45, Written off Brisbane, Aus. 3/5/45. SALLY.

Delivered Cheyenne 9/5/44; Kearney 29/5/44; Dow Fd 17/6/44; Assigned 349BS/100BG [XR- ] Thorpe Abbotts 28/6/44; Missing in Action Merseburg 29/7/44 with Morris Clark, Co-pilot: John Cudihy, Radio Operator: Frank Gerlach, Waist gunner: Walt Gursky,Tail gunner: Pvt Ralph Guhl (5 Killed in Action); Navigator: Joe Foote, Bombardier: Art Frankenburg, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Clifford Nelson, Ball turret gunner: Jim Buchanan (4 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Hassenhausen, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 7812.

Delivered Hunter 22/12/44; Dow Fd 13/1/45; Assigned 381BG Ridgewell 21/1/45; transferred 510BS/351BG [TU-T] Polebrook 22/1/45; {33m} Returned to the USA Bradley 28/5/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 31/5/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 18/11/45.

Delivered Cheyenne 21/7/44; Kearney 31/7/44; Grenier 9/8/44; Assigned 358BS/303BG [VK-I] Molesworth 12/8/44; transferred 95BG Horham 14/8/44; 2m then transferred 569BS/390BG [CC-J] 14/9/44; Returned to the USA Bradley 3/7/45; 4168 Base Unit, South Plains, Texas 6/7/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Kingman 17/12/45.